Assistant Manager - Supply Chain

Job Description Business Title Assistant Manager - Supply Chain (Institution) Global Function Commercial Role Purpose Statement This profile will Partner Institution business Growth of over 20+ % YoY planned in 2025 & coming years, with KP plants commissioning Focus is more on Higher capacity Utlization of KP and Trichy on Palm & Palm Kerneral products. Business is planning to supply to New Key accounts Like, Nestle, McDonalds, Mondelez & other Institutional customers.The Institutional Supply Planning Lead is responsible for driving strategic and operational supply planning processes across the organization to ensure uninterrupted availability of essential products and commodities. The role serves as the central point for aligning demand forecasts, procurement planning, and inventory management with institutional goals, programmatic needs, and donor commitments.
This position leads cross-functional coordination with program, procurement, finance, and logistics teams to develop integrated supply plans that support evidence-based decision-making, risk mitigation, and cost optimization. The Lead also ensures alignment of institutional supply planning efforts with global partners and country-level needs, contributing to improved health outcomes and program performance. Main Accountabilities 1) Customer Sevice & performace Monitoring - Ensuring Institutional orders OTIF at 95 % from all 4 Manufacturing plants ( Kandla, KP , Rajpura and Trichy ) 2) Sales & Operation Planning - Lead Monthly S&OP including demand Review with Institution business head and to ensure RM Sourcing communication ( CPO / CPKO / CNO etc ) to RKM for production 3) Cross Functional Co ordination - Leading Daily / Weekly & fornightly Order Review with Institution business members, Operations, Procurement and logistics to ensure product is supplied to Key account customers & other Institutional customers on time. 4) Long Term Capacity Validation This profile will lead New Key account Product activations & will play a pivotal role in proposing capacity ecxpansion / enhancment in various nodes of Supply chain. 5) Inventoring & Risk Monitoring : This profile will Track , Monitor & ensure Optimum Inventory levels across Supply chain ( Plant , Warehouse & Transit ) to optimize working capital to Support Over all working capital targets Knowledge and Skills Behavior Improve Bunges outcomes by making data-driven decisions, keeping the customer at the forefront of all they do, and proactively gaining insight into the global strategy.
Collaborate, effectively communicate with others and take initiative to continually develop themselves. Pursue opportunities to solve problems and take action while maintaining the ability to manage work, even in times of challenge or change. Technical Demand and Supply Planning , Inventory Management , Problem Solving & Analytical Skills , Stake holder Management , Communication & Leadership Skills Education & Experience Bachelor in Engineering ( Operations / Production / Industrial ) Along with MBA in Operations , Pro in MS Excel , Power Point. , SAP ( PP ) Module, Work Experience of 5-7 Yrs in FMCG , Food , Edible oil , Pharma Industry